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Also known as
- Florentinus Asensio Barroso
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Born to a poor but devout family. Ordained on 1 June 1901 in Valladolid, Spain. Graduated as a doctor of theology from the Pontifical University of Valladolid, and then taught there. Priest at the metropolitan cathedral of Valladolid; many of his homilies have survived. Spiritual director and confessor to several religious congregations. Bishop and apostolic administrator of Barbastro, Spain on 26 January 1936. His five months as bishop were noted for his charity to the poor and sick. However, this was a period of hostility to the Church by the state. Bishop Florentino was put under house arrest, then imprisoned, then on 1 August 1936 was moved to solitary confinement. He was tortured and mutilated and finally murdered. One of the martyrs of the Spanish Civil War.
Born
- 16 October 1877 at Villasexmir, Valladolid, Spain
- shot three times through the temple on 2 August 1936 in a cemetery outside Barbastro, Huesca, Spain
- buried in a common grave with other victims
- later exhumed and re-interred in the cathedral crypt
- 31 January 1997 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)
- if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Florentius, contact
Rev. Vicente Pecharromán Tristán, CMF
Amigos de los Mártires de Barbastro
C/ Conde, 4
22300 Barbastro, SPAIN
Additional Information
- Catholic-Hierarchy.Org
- Enrosadira
- Hagiography Circle
- Kirken i Norge
- L’Osservatore Romano
- L’Osservatore Romano
- Mártires Claretianos de Barbastro
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Florentino Asensio Barroso“. Saints.SQPN.com. 18 February 2013. Web. 22 May 2013. <>